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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN

February 13, 2000Dickson County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 4:21 PM CST for Dickson County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2000, 4:21 PM CST (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 4:45 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 13, 4:30 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWaverly, TNWaverly P.D. reported downed power lines at the corner of Mathis Hollow and Young Road.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 13, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KOHX 132222
SVRBNA
TNC043-083-085-132245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
421 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 410 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER MCEWEN AT 430 PM CST
  4 MILES WEST OF CHARLOTTE AT 450 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NASHVILLE.

$$

JLM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 9:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman24 min
Feb 13, 9:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Williamson30 min
Feb 13, 11:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry25 min
Feb 13, 11:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur25 min
Feb 13, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson29 min
Feb 13, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Williamson26 min
Feb 13, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson26 min
Feb 13, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson35 min
Feb 13, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Wilson35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.